My Last Day At Time Warner Cable

Today was my last day at Time Warner Cable.

When I started in 2010, a very distant seven years ago, we were taking our first
tentative footsteps in the realm of IP video. Netflix was surging in popularity
and released its first streaming-only package that fall. Time Warner Cable
introduced its iPad app a couple of months later, featuring live cable TV on
infrastructure that I had the privilege of helping to design and operate. Our
efforts were honored at the 2011 Emmy Awards with an Engineering Certification,
alongside Comcast's efforts in video-on-demand on their iPad app.

In the years since, I've had the pleasure of being involved in Time Warner
Cable's IP video project from the video-on-demand side, growing it from a very
tiny catalog (processed manually) to the impressive fully automated catalog
you can see in our mobile apps today.

I didn't know, in 2010, that I'd play a role in making IP video mainstream, to
help build a landscape where the ability to play content on a mobile device is
just assumed. I didn't expect for my automations to be responsible for the
delivery of thousands of video-on-demand and advertising assets a day. While my
work didn't save any lives or prevent climate change, it was and will continue
to be a part of the television viewing experience for over 12 million people.

It's been a crazy seven years and I've had the privilege of sharing the ops
trenches with some of the most talented people I've ever known. I've been
fortunate to have amazing managers who supported me through some tough personal
times and helped me do a lot of growing up. I can honestly say that I am a
better person for having been part of Time Warner Cable and I'm very proud of
what we were able to accomplish.

I honestly don't know what's next for me. I'm going to take a bit of time off to
get my bearings and maybe reconnect with my photography which has languished in
the last couple years. Then we'll see what the future holds.

If you think your company might have a sungo-shaped hole, please take a look at
my resume and feel free to reach out.

Apr 28, 2017

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